de Sitter Wavefunction from Quadrangular Polylogarithms: Polygon Graphs

Abstract

We present an explicit formula for the $n$-gon graph contribution to the integrand of the cosmological wavefunction for conformally coupled ${\varphi }^3$ theory in de Sitter space. Our result relies on the fact that its symbol satisfies total compatibility with respect to the $B_{2n-1}$ cluster algebra. We introduce $B$-type quadrangular polylogarithms, constructed from centrally symmetric quadrangulations of a $4n$-gon, and show that the $n$-gon wavefunction coefficient is expressed by a natural weight-$n$ function of this class. We prove our formula by directly relating the recursive differential equation satisfied by these wavefunction coefficients to a recursive coproduct formula for $B$-type quadrangular polylogarithms, with the remaining additive constant fixed by the soft limit.

35 pages, 8 figures